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- ISBN 9781032884820
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 20 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores the vocational education programmes of Hong Kong, programmes that are repeatedly noted for their excellence.
The book traces the founding and development of the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong, which was set up in 1982 to offer sub-degree programmes in vocational and professional education and training. It shows how it transformed itself from an institution seen by industry, government and the public alike as not meeting the needs of Hong Kong to one that has spearheaded the development of this form of education in Hong Kong, including offering degree programmes in these areas through its Technological and Higher Education Institute.
Written by a leading scholar of vocational education with extensive experience of devising and implementing vocational education programmes, it offers this as a valuable resource to students and scholars of education, particularly in an Asian context, as well as of vocational and professional education and training.
David Lim is Emeritus Professor at Griffith University, Australia, having served as a dean of modern Asian studies and international business and a pro-vice-chancellor in charge of quality assurance. He has published extensively on the economies of Malaysia and other ASEAN countries and economic development issues generally, and more recently on education, especially quality assurance, in developing economies. He helped to set up the Technological and Higher Education Institute of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) of Hong Kong to offer degree programmes in vocational and professional education and training and became its founding president/vice-chancellor. Before that, he was a deputy executive director of the VTC.
